Lifetime prevalence of mental health disorders and delay in treatment following initial onset: Evidence from the Northern Ireland Study of Health and Stress

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1727-1739

  Bunting, B P ^a   Murphy, S D ^a   O'Neill, S M ^a   Ferry, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; mental health; Northern Ireland; treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIVIL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; CIVIL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863985896     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002510     Document Type: Article

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